Hog-ring.



' R. ROETHLISBERG'ER.

HOG RING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.8,1908.

Patented Jan. 12,1909.

UNITED sures Fen.

HOG-RING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed September 8, 1908. Serial No. 452,031.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT RoETHLIs- BERGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Columbus Grove, in the county of Putnam and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Hog-Ring, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hog rings; and has among itsobjects to provide a device to be fastened on the snout of a hog andproject downwardly between the nostrils and rearwardly over the snout,terminating in hooks which prevent the animal passing beneath wire andother fences and breaking them. The means used for attaching the ring tothe cartilage of the snout prevents the hog rooting and by extending apart of the ring downwardly in front of the snout tends to keep thehooks, above mentioned, in operative position.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of the novelformation of the ring and means for attaching the same to the snout ofan animal hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing in which Figure l is a perspective View of the hogring shown applied to the snout of the animal, and Fig. 2 a similar viewof a modified form of the invention.

Like reference numerals are used for the same parts in both figures.

The hog ring comprises a part 1 adapted to extend downwardly in front ofthe snout, a part 2 at about a right angle to the part 1 and eyes 3 atthe angular connection of the parts 1 and 2.

The part 1 has a transverse portion 4 which is adapted to extend acrossthe front of the snout below the nostrils and is attached to the lowerend of a depending arm 5 arranged to lie in front of the septum of thenose. The upper end of the arm 5 is provided with two eyes 3 throughwhich small rings 7 pass for fastening the hog ring to the cartilage atthe end of the hogs snout.

From the eyes 3 the part 2 of the hog ring extends rearwardly in theform of two fingers 8 provided each with a terminal hook 9 bent upwardlyand forwardly as shown. The small rings Z are, in a lar' e majority ofcases, sufficient to hold the hog ring on the snout, but when an animalis vicious, an additional ring 10 will be placed around the arm 5 andthrough the septum of the nose, clearly represented in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 2, the eyes 3 are disposed to lie above the snout instead of infront of it as is the case with the form of hog ring disclosed in Fig.1.

A hog ring constructed as described effectually prevents a hog fromrooting when placed on his snout, and through the instrumentality of thehooks 9, the animal cannot get his head sufiiciently far beneath a fenceor gate to raise it, especially, if the fence be made of wire, a strandwill be caught on the hooks 8 and effectually bar his progress.

The hog ring is preferably made of a single strand of wire bent andlooped as represented in the drawing, but it may be formed of othermaterial by forging or casting, or stamped from sheet metal in a mannerwell understood.

Having described the invention, I claim,

1. A hog ring having a downwardly extending part, a rearwardly extendingpart at about a right angle thereto, eyes at the angular connectionbetween the two parts, means for attaching the eyes to the nose of a hogand hooks at the terminal of said rearward extension.

2. A hog ring having a T shaped part adapted to lie below the nostrilsand in line with the septum of the nose, a rearwardly extending partcomprising fingers projecting rearwardly above the snout and terminatingin hooks bent forwardly, eyes at the junction of the fingers with the Tshaped part, and fastening rings for attaching the eyes to the nose of ahog.

8. A hog ring having a T shaped part to extend in front of the septum ofthe nose and transversely below the nostrils, eyes at the upper end ofsaid T shaped part, rearwardly extending fingers substantially at rightangles to the T shaped part terminating in forwardly projecting hooks,means for attaching said eyes to the end of a hogs snout and a ring forfastening the T shaped part to the septum of the nose.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT ROETHLISBERGER.

Witnesses:

D. WV. GLUSSER, J NO. H. EvERsoLE.

